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According to Jon Heyman, the Rays have traded Robinson Chirinos to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later. Chirinos was designated for assignment last week to make room on the roster for Jamey Wright and Shelley Duncan. Chirinos follows in the footsteps of fellow catcher Stephen Vogt […]

As expected Luke Scott was placed on the 15-day disabled list. In his place, the Rays have added Shelley Duncan to the roster. Also as expected, Jamey Wright was added to the roster as the seventh member of the bullpen. To make room on the 40-man roster for Duncan and […]

The Rays have announced that they traded reliever Dane De La Rosa to the Angels for right-handed pitcher Steve Geltz. Geltz, who was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2008, made two appearances for the Angels in 2012. he spent most of the 2012 season split between double-A and triple-A […]

Brandon Gomes has been demoted and the Rays have told Jamey Wright that he will make the team (via Joe Smith). He will make $1.0 million. The Rays will have to clear somebody from the 40-man roster before Wright can be officially added to the opening day roster. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

The Rays have acquired catcher Curt Casali from the Detroit Tigers in a trade. Casali, a 10th round pick in the 2011 draft, split the 2012 season between single-A and high-A where he hit .270 with a .365 OBP, 9 home runs, and a solide 46-to-38 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Casali was […]

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Yankees 7, RAYS 6 (boxscore) No GBT today THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Nick Weglarz and Jack Cust have been released. Also, Cole Figueroa, Leslie Anderson, Rich Thompson, […]

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Red sox 5, RAYS 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Alex Cobb. Cobb gave up some runs, that’s going to happen. But what is great is that he […]

The Rays today announced that they have optioned Brandon Guyer and Josh Lueke to the minors and reassigned Wil Myers, Juan Sandoval, Wil Inman, and JD Martin to minor league camp*. Myers is not a surprise. The only question is when will he be back. Lueke’s demotion does clear up […]

The Rays announced today that three more pitchers have been cut and reassigned to minor league camp, including Chris Archer, Alex Torres, and Jake Odorizzi (via Marc Topkin). Archer started four games for the Rays in 2012 and was considered a long-shot for the final spot in the rotation. Torres […]

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Twins 6, RAYS 4 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Jake McGee. Any concerns about McGee’s velocity have disappeared as he was hitting 95 yesterday…Luke Scott. Wolverine looked good […]